2013: The Year of the Fix

January 8, 2013 by 4 Comments
Let's em-brace changes this year. Right, Katy?

My housemates were weirded out by how different I sounded after coming back from a 2-week holiday stay at my parents house in Batangas, and shocked by the ugly metal wires that fenced my teeth. So I got myself braces to correct the alignment of my teeth. It's not like my housemates didn't know about it; I had been very vocal about how I wanted to do this. I guess they just didn't realize I was dead serious about it. These braces are giving my teeth an excruciating embrace and making me harbor an emotion that never in my life I thought I would feel towards mealtime --- dread. But if … [Read more...]

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All Fired Up for iPhone 5!

December 8, 2012 by 4 Comments
globe iphone 5

My very first Apple gadget came in the form of an iPhone 3Gs, which I got as the free phone from my Globe Plan 3799. It happened in 2010. Three iPhone models later, my plan has now expired and once again, I am on the hunt for the best iPhone 5 postpaid plan. Of course, a lot has changed since 2010. For starters, Globe is not the only one offering iPhone plans now; Smart made its debut last year. Given how competitive these two telcos are, consumers are now on the winning end as these two giants fight for their affection by reducing the price of their plans or beefing them up with … [Read more...]

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The Poser Phase

March 13, 2012 by 16 Comments
got 2 believe y tu mama tambien

Y Tu Mama Tambien. Everyone nodded in approval. I heard a couple of Wows and someone quipped “Great choice.” I was at a college organization’s Orientation of Applicants. I was an applicant, scared shitless. Y Tu Mama Tambien was what I blurted out when I realized it was my turn to share what my favorite movie was. I panicked. The truth is, at the time I had only seen that film once and I did not even like it. Later on, I would fall in love with it after a couple more viewing but I surely was not loving it the first time. Why I said it was my favorite film, I was not sure. No … [Read more...]

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I Prefer It Free, Sorry

December 7, 2011 by 24 Comments
massage therapy

The other week, my self-esteem was crushed by a small piece of paper. I was fixing my bag outside a convenience store in Tagaytay City when somebody gave me a piece of paper with a short note on it. Without looking at the stranger and the paper, I pocketed the note and expected the guy to leave me alone. Unfortunately for me, he was there for business. "Massage, sir? I can massage you, sir, while you're here in Tagaytay," the stranger said. "No, thanks," I declined. "I'm on my way back to Manila." I was still busy trying to put all the pasalubongs into my backpack. "I also do … [Read more...]

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A Break-up Letter

September 25, 2011 by 72 Comments
holding hands

I never expected I'd be writing you this letter. We've had six years of wonderful memories but I'm afraid it had come to the point where you started to break my heart. I should've seen it coming since I've been finding it hard to breathe lately. It's time to end the pain that I'm feeling and I just have to say goodbye. I've known you since I was a kid but it was only before my college graduation that we had a real relationship. At first, it was difficult for me to get along with you considering the nasty things some people say about you. They said you would hurt me, and you did. They … [Read more...]

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The New Yoshke.com

August 29, 2011 by 22 Comments
new-yoshke

New look. New attitude. New experiences. Honestly, I had been neglecting this blog the past few weeks because of my awfully hectic schedule. Work had been unforgiving on weekdays and I had been traveling on weekends. There had been moments when I felt like I lost the drive to blog. I needed a new inspiration. The "inspiration" was not really an inspiration but a wake-up call. It came in the form of a global hacking incident. My blog had been affected and unavailable over the weekend, along with many other blogs.  I realized I shouldn't take this blog for granted for this contains the … [Read more...]

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THE “Relaks, Puso Lang ‘Yan, Malayo sa Bituka” PLANNER 2011

October 26, 2010 by 68 Comments
relaks ka lang puso lang yan planner

Remember when I featured the crazy project that my friends were selling last year? The I-was-supposed-to-get-that-coffeehouse-planner-but-I-got-fat-and-broke-on-the-10th-frappe planner? Well, it sold like hotcakes. Thanks to all of you who got your copies. Especially those who bought tons of copies! This year, Tonet and Chinggay are at it again! They now call themselves Witty Will Save the World, Co and this time, they are going hopeless romantic!!! From the crazy girls who brought you the I-was-supposed-to-get-that-coffeehouse-planner-but-I-got-fat-and-broke-on-the-10th-frappe planner, … [Read more...]

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How to Kill Cockroaches the Funny Way

July 10, 2010 by 34 Comments
cockroach dead

My college friends and I used to have a barkada forum and a blog. We used to post there absolutely anything that we could think of. Simple things like our dreams. Crazy things like our own dictionary. And weird things like how we prefer to kill cockroaches when we see one. image courtesy of www.lifehackery.com One of my college friends called my attention to a certain blog post we posted back in the day. I'd actually forgotten about it already. But now that I'm reading it again, I just can't help laughing. And I'm sharing it with you. However, I apologize to all my Pinoy readers as some … [Read more...]

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Top 10 Funniest Facebook Fan Pages – Batch 1

May 7, 2010 by 40 Comments
panic fire

The advent of Facebook gave the other social networking sites a run for their money. Facebook is just so awesome. I've been on Facebook since 2007 and I liked the idea that it does not allow users to personalize the design of the interface. That's why I left Myspace and Friendster, my friends' profiles starting to get all messed up that it annoyed me to death. But because Facebook does not enable users to personalize their user profile interface, I thought it would hinder its population's creativity. But Facebook fan pages provide just that --- an avenue through which users can express … [Read more...]

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The Writings on the Wall: Funny Posters around the Philippines

April 18, 2010 by 15 Comments
huwag hawakan lumalaki

Sometimes when we feel so alone and sad, all we need to do is look around us. Many times, the things that will make us happy and forget all our problems for a moment are just around the corner, written or posted on a wall somewhere. I was organizing my gallery when I stumbled upon some old photos that really made me ROTL. I took these pictures at different places across the country and  with the intention of blogging about them but they kind of slipped my mind. Good thing I love organizing files in my laptop. PLEASE BEAR WITH US LITERALLY First up, there's a building being constructed … [Read more...]

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